Hail size 2"
1 NW Oakwood Park Clay County
“Social media report and photo. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Jackson
Hail in Kansas City · Mar 10, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Kansas City that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 133,168
Ground reports 64 64 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Mar 10, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Kansas City has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 100 /100
- Ground truth
- 100 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Kansas City saw the hail — from two instruments
Mar 10, 2026 · Kansas City, MO
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
1.25"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Mar 10, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Kansas City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Mar 10, 2026 sits in Kansas City's hail record.
This was Kansas City's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Mar 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kansas City at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Mar 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kansas City: the same system put hail over 470 other tracked cities, 63 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Overland Park (9 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Lees Summit (9 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Olathe (14 miles west, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Kansas City storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
64 reports filed with the NWS
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
Hail reports
64 reports Hail size 1.5"
2 E Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 NW Oakview Clay County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
1 N Houston Lake Platte County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 N Houston Lake Platte County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3.25"
Parkville Platte County
“NWS employee relayed picture of up to 3.25 inch hail at parents house. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 NE Parkville Platte County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
1 SW Platte Woods Platte County
“Spotter relayed report of hail up to just bigger than tennis balls. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 4"
1 SE Weatherby Lake Platte County
“Social media photo and size estimate. Time based on radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 W Platte Woods Platte County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 W Platte Woods Platte County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
1 SW Platte Woods Platte County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.25"
1 WNW Houston Lake Platte County
“Public relayed hail compared to a quarter... via social media. Estimated up to just larger than 2 inches. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
1 NW Houston Lake Platte County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
2 SE Weatherby Lake Platte County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 S Raytown Jackson County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 SW Raytown Jackson County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NE Oakview Clay County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
3 NE Gladstone Clay County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
3 ENE Lake Waukomis Clay County
“Public relayed picture of hail... via social media... estimated to be just larger than golf balls. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 N Oakview Clay County
“Public relayed images of up to around ping pong ball size hail via social media. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
2 NNE Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Public relayed images of very large hail via social media. Estimated up to baseball in size. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 E Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 E Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3.5"
1 E Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Report from mPING: Baseball++ (3.50 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
1 E Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
1 NW Platte Woods Platte County
“Public relayed images of large hail... estimated to around tennis ball. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Public reported quarter hail. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 4"
Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Social media report with photo and measurement. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
Platte Woods Platte County
“Broadcast media shared photos of tennis ball hail... with statement of several baseball size stones seen. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
2 NE Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
2 NE Lake Waukomis Platte County
“Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
3 NE Lake Waukomis Clay County
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). Time corrected based on radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 SW Unity Village Jackson County
“Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 W Lake Tapawingo Jackson County
“Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 SW Lake Tapawingo Jackson County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 3"
2 SW Beverly Hills Wyandotte County
“Social media report and photo. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 S Beverly Hills Wyandotte County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.5"
2 W Parkville Platte County
“Multiple cracked or broken windshields. Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2.75"
2 NW Parkville Platte County
“Retired NWS employee reported golf ball to orange hai. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
Weatherby Lake Platte County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 4.5"
1 NE Weatherby Lake Platte County
“Social media report and photo. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 NW Stanley Johnson County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 SE Olathe Johnson County
“Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 E Olathe Johnson County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 W Stanley Johnson County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 W Stanley Johnson County
“Updated report. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 SE Olathe Johnson County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 W Stanley Johnson County
“Social media report and photo. Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 E Olathe Johnson County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NNW Stanley Johnson County
“Social media report. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 N Stanley Johnson County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NE Stanley Johnson County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 NNE Stanley Johnson County
“Social media report. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 E Olathe Johnson County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 NNW Prairie Village Johnson County
“Social media report. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 SW Leawood Johnson County
“Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 WSW Leawood Johnson County
“Social media report. Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
3 ESE Lenexa Johnson County
“(EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
7 WSW Raytown Jackson County
“Social media report. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
3 W Grandview Jackson County
“Social media report. Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
4 N Grandview Jackson County
“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 N Grandview Jackson County
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
5 N Grandview Jackson County
“Social media report and photo. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 247 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Oakwood Park, Lake Waukomis, Oakview, Houston Lake, Parkville, and Platte Woods — beyond Kansas City itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Kansas City roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
133,168 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.6B
Potential roof exposure — 133,168 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 666 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$10M
Close just 0.5% of the 133,168 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $27,965 on top of the $150 plan.
Kansas City hail history
Other storms in Kansas City.
17 recorded storm days in Kansas City, MO
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No ground reports filed Open report →
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Aug 5, 2026
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No ground reports filed Open report →
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Jul 9, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Kansas City / MO
Jul 8, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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Jun 8, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Kansas City / MO
May 31, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
7 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Kansas City / MO
May 29, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Kansas City / MO
Apr 28, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Kansas City / MO
Apr 26, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
4 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Kansas City / MO
Apr 23, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Kansas City / MO
Apr 17, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Kansas City / MO
Apr 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
2 ground reports Open report →
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Mar 5, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
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Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 7, 2026.